And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Should have guessed it was an Otter conversion. All those folks on the snow ain't gonna fit in a Maule. Just seemed a bit small for an Otter. Might it be a Beaver? Steve_inOttawa
A Beaver has the pitot tube 3/4s of the way down the wing and the landing gear doesn't attach on the centreline of the fuselage. Also the Otter has the complex fore-flap and flaperon system you can see in the pic. The aileron droops when the flaps are extended and there is a fore-flap in front of it. I've worked on both but with the original Pratt & Whitney radials. Al_in_Ottawa
Did a helicopter ride including landing on Franz Joseph glacier in New Zealand a few years ago. They used to fly Cessna 180's up there in the old days. I had a snow ball fight with my son and step daughter in summer. The sun was pretty bright and it wasn't that cold despite altitude - maybe because it's really close to the coast. Above the nearby highest mountain (over 12,000 ft) the outside temp was -5 centigrade according to the pilot. I recall the inside was also -5 centigrade.
Is that a Maule? Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen a turboprop Maule.
ReplyDeleteDHC-3 DeHavilland Canada Otter with Garrett turboprop engine added by Texas Turbine Conversions.
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Should have guessed it was an Otter conversion. All those folks on the snow ain't gonna fit in a Maule. Just seemed a bit small for an Otter. Might it be a Beaver? Steve_inOttawa
DeleteA Beaver has the pitot tube 3/4s of the way down the wing and the landing gear doesn't attach on the centreline of the fuselage. Also the Otter has the complex fore-flap and flaperon system you can see in the pic. The aileron droops when the flaps are extended and there is a fore-flap in front of it. I've worked on both but with the original Pratt & Whitney radials.
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I wouldn't have set up in the shade.
ReplyDeleteDid a helicopter ride including landing on Franz Joseph glacier in New Zealand a few years ago. They used to fly Cessna 180's up there in the old days. I had a snow ball fight with my son and step daughter in summer. The sun was pretty bright and it wasn't that cold despite altitude - maybe because it's really close to the coast. Above the nearby highest mountain (over 12,000 ft) the outside temp was -5 centigrade according to the pilot. I recall the inside was also -5 centigrade.
DeleteI don't have to go that far to be cold while I snack. This 120 year old house takes care of that in the winter
ReplyDeleteGreat STOAL plane.
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